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perhaps no place in america more closely associated with unions than the state of michigan. and today, thousands of union workers descended on the capital to protest a new law they believe could be an ominous signal for unions and worker paychecks everywhere. here's abc's alex perez. >> reporter: the anger boiling over. officers turning to pepper spray to control the crowd at least 10,000 deep. but it wasn't enough. michigan republican lawmakers approving landmark legislation, lifting the requirement that workers in unionized workplaces pay union dues. an army of officers have been guarding the governor's office all day. some of these demonstrators have been here since 5:00 this morning. the republican governor has signed the law. >> with a stroke of a pen, take our rights away. it's offensive. >> reporter: supporters call it right to work, but unions say it's nothing less than an effort to cut their bargaining power. less dues means less influence. the afl-cio says the average worker in right to work states earns $1,500 less than workers in states without those laws. >> the
perhaps no place in america more closely associated with unions than the state of michigan. and today, thousands of union workers descended on the capital to protest a new law they believe could be an ominous signal for unions and worker paychecks everywhere. here's abc's alex perez. >> reporter: the anger boiling over. officers turning to pepper spray to control the crowd at least 10,000 deep. but it wasn't enough. michigan republican lawmakers approving landmark legislation, lifting the...
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moscow slams america's decision to recognize syria's opposition saying it puts the prospect of dog at risk. and president putin vows to cage the corrupt says it's time for russians to seize the initiative and their country's development. around the world and around the clock this is kerry johnston north korea has launched a rocket defying warnings from its neighbors and the u.s. young young says it successfully put a weather satellite into orbit is the second launch this year after an attempt in april failed shortly after liftoff north korea claims it's developing a peaceful space program but washington seoul and tokyo fear it's testing long range missile technology which could be used to carry nuclear warheads the u.s. threatened first sanctions saying the north has violated international law conclusive the country's banned from conducting ballistic missile tests by u.n. resolution the us call the launch highly provocative on japan once an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council and he was campaigning eric. pressuring probably unbent help. can work. these are causing us to hav
moscow slams america's decision to recognize syria's opposition saying it puts the prospect of dog at risk. and president putin vows to cage the corrupt says it's time for russians to seize the initiative and their country's development. around the world and around the clock this is kerry johnston north korea has launched a rocket defying warnings from its neighbors and the u.s. young young says it successfully put a weather satellite into orbit is the second launch this year after an attempt...
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moscow slams america's decision to recognize syria's opposition saying it puts the prospect of dialogue with risk. and president putin vows to cage the corrupt and says it's time for russians to seize the initiative in their country's development. this is r.t. with all the news that matters twenty four hours a day north korea has successfully launched a rocket defying warnings from its neighbors and the u.s. is the second attempt this year after a failure in april killing young says it sent a weather satellite into orbit but washington seoul and tokyo claim its testing long range missile technology. is threatened for sanctions and the north has violated international law as it's banned from conducting ballistic missile tests by the u.n. washington called the launch highly provocative on japan the once a tough response from the u.n. security council but antiwar campaign eric surat can pressuring pyongyang won't help but only talks can work. these are causes to have more talks not less talks and the north koreans have been willing to attend talks other nations have certainly russia has an
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now russia says america's formal recognition of syria's new opposition alliance effectively shatters all hopes for a peaceful solution to the syrian conflict moscow also adds that the move signals the u.s. is wish for the rebel coalition to overthrow the regime in damascus meanwhile delegates tending a western backed friends of syria conference before throwing their backing behind the opposition and calls for present us to step down what is going to take on reports. they call themselves martyrs. all those you see around you of the fighters you see are living martyrs and the living martyr has already sacrificed a soul for this country the syrian rebels say they will stop at nothing to defeat us out. some of them are so proud of their deeds that they post them on the web including the execution of prisoners. or having a child behead a man who was presumably an assault supporter atrocities are committed on all fronts during syria's bloody civil war according to many accounts on the ground islamic groups that do most of the fighting on behalf of the rebels dr tatar we come meet was a mem
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moscow slams america's decision to recognize syria's opposition saying it puts the prospect of down at all the risk. and president putin bastid page the corrupt and says it's time for russians to seize the initiative in their country's development . hello and welcome to our table straight to our top story now north korea has successfully launched a rocket defying warnings from its neighbors and the u.s. it's a second the tenth this year after failure in april of one young says it sent a weather satellite into orbit but washington seoul and tokyo claim it's testing long range missile technology u.s. threatened fresh sanctions saying the north violated international law as it's banned from conducting ballistic missile tests by the u.n. washington called the launch highly provocative on japan wants a tough response from the u.n. security council north korea expert professor frank says the pressure on trying and has never worked so any new sanctions won't either. sanctions are of course an appropriate means to show your political dissatisfaction but in terms of being effective if they are
moscow slams america's decision to recognize syria's opposition saying it puts the prospect of down at all the risk. and president putin bastid page the corrupt and says it's time for russians to seize the initiative in their country's development . hello and welcome to our table straight to our top story now north korea has successfully launched a rocket defying warnings from its neighbors and the u.s. it's a second the tenth this year after failure in april of one young says it sent a weather...
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but there is no word from america on changing its definition says there has been overwhelming evidence terrorists by a long sight the rebels more details coming up. the other big stories of the day north korea's rocket blast so often a message of defiance gone young says it sent a weather satellite into space but it's enough to unnerve the region. and president putin vows to cage the corrupt and says it's time for russians to seize the initiative in their country's development. in a very good evening to if you just joined us money kevin i mean this is our first syria's main opposition group says the u.s. should reconsider its decision to add an al qaeda linked group to its list of terrorist organizations saying it's helping them in their fight to topple president bashar assad this is the united states becomes the latest country to openly declared support for the opposition coalition meantime there's been an explosion in the last few hours of some of the interior ministry building in the syrian capital damascus he's going to teach you can see in washington his gun hi there why is americ
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. >> we are willing to make sure that everyone in america sacrifices. even though who have been struggling. >> if speaker boehner exercises the leadership and brings in a balanced program, he can pass that don't do it by getting the support of within your own party. you need reach out to democrats. >> to get something through the house and the senate. it's going to take both. the revenue and the spending cuts. >> house members are willing to compromise to avert the fiscal cliff. what are the people at home thinking of their actions. we have a pri view for a poll that debuts tonight. part of that is compromising what folks want to see from the lawmakers. >> a lot of americans want to see compromise. according to the poll, 65% want a compromise balanced deal to reduce the deficit. even if they have to reduce the entitlement program like medicare and social security and the republicans on have to support increase in tax rates for the wealthy. of course you were playing a lot of clips from people open to compromise. it does seem to be the broad parameter th
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moscow slams america's decision to recognize syria's opposition saying it puts the prospect of done all the risk. and president putin vows to cage the corrupt says it's time for russians to seize the initiative in their country's development. world news and much more you're watching. north korea has successfully the launched a rocket to define warnings from its neighbors and the u.s. it's a second attempt this year after a failure in april. says it sent a weather satellite into orbit but washington seoul and turkey a claim it's testing long range missile technology you have to threaten russia sanctions saying the north has a violated international law and this ban from conducting ballistic missile tests by the u.n. all of washington called the highly provocative well japan once a tough response from the u.n. security council on north korea expert professor really different joins us now from vienna university thank you for joining us here on r.t. today how effective would fresh sanctions on north korea be do you think given that such measures in two thousand and six and nine haven't real
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like why is america willing to support the opposition movement while claiming one of their factions has indeed links to al qaeda they say. well kevin it's very much clear that washington is trying to distance itself from extremists in syria they have designated the front a terrorist organization it's thought to be one of the most aggressive and ruthless groups currently involved in the conflict washington's decision to call them terrorists is seen as more of a symbolic move because many other fighters in syria welcome the efforts of those designated terrorists in fact the leader of the very syrian opposition coalition which the us is just formally recognized that is supportive off came out and asked the u.s. to reconsider their decision on almost right because they've been so helpful in the fight against assad. maus he said quote there is nothing wrong with fighting in the name of islam then i think that this coalition another coalition spokesman yasser have borrowed said that we will work with everybody on the ground who has an agenda which includes ending the suffering of the syrian p
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other countries of the european union america britain on a very very difficult position and russia perhaps can lend some money international monetary fund the world bank and so on but russia at present is a very very healthy position from a financial point of view. martha macauley with me last palestinians are giving a whole new meaning to launching a perf you clever bit of marketing this or is it would you buy it well it's called the m seventy five a fragrance with fire power they say named the rocket the guardian used against israel's reason their offensive reported that online is a curious part of marketing and facebook we're hearing now encroaching on privacy by scrapping that feature that allows users to hide their profiles from the web site search facility want to read up more you can from us no holds barred r t dot com. after a peaceful twenty four hours violence has suddenly returned to the streets of belfast in northern ireland around under fifty miles loyalists are in a standoff with police then raged over a decision to limit the amount of days the u.k. flag can fly above belfast
other countries of the european union america britain on a very very difficult position and russia perhaps can lend some money international monetary fund the world bank and so on but russia at present is a very very healthy position from a financial point of view. martha macauley with me last palestinians are giving a whole new meaning to launching a perf you clever bit of marketing this or is it would you buy it well it's called the m seventy five a fragrance with fire power they say named...
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is an impotent sink america can do whatever it wants it's not the case and the syrian crisis shows that the development of china is a big challenge for the united states so i think that to put his message was very brief but terrorism both look at the more the world. have a reasonable assessment of your own capacitors and resources and come to the conclusion that if you act alone you will fail. palestinians are giving a whole new meaning to launching a curfew this is the it is the every seventy five it's a fragrance of fire they've named it after a rocket goes used against israel recently are offensive but of marketing will go forward that also see the common budget numbers find out why today's date comes from some rather amusing superstitions are. twelve must know facts about the twelfth of the twelfth of the twelve. the british government's promise of its economy could be steadily revived but it's pensioners and you're going to pay the price as. the cost of recovery will be. from the poorest. the brits have got it coming a raft of nips and tucks to tax some welfare that's going to see
is an impotent sink america can do whatever it wants it's not the case and the syrian crisis shows that the development of china is a big challenge for the united states so i think that to put his message was very brief but terrorism both look at the more the world. have a reasonable assessment of your own capacitors and resources and come to the conclusion that if you act alone you will fail. palestinians are giving a whole new meaning to launching a curfew this is the it is the every seventy...
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are looking to latin america africa and so on but russia finds it difficult to attract foreign direct investment what they're looking for is high technology investment that would come from the japanese or come to americans of germs and so on and are still coming in to the right quantities so therefore to shore that problem the rule of law has to be strengthened secure property rights have to be put in place and the level of bureaucratic corruption of officials wanting bribes and so on has to be in fact cut down. now if you look at china. each city each province competes with one another and the party officials who succeed they are promoted as a mirror to credit system russia needs to introduce something like that where cities and provinces can compete with other because at present they form their own little groups and many states and cities and so on and the very very difficult to rule from moscow. putin also talked about russia's efforts to minimize how the global financial crisis affects the country what can russia do to help calm the worldwide downturn in return. well russia's pres
are looking to latin america africa and so on but russia finds it difficult to attract foreign direct investment what they're looking for is high technology investment that would come from the japanese or come to americans of germs and so on and are still coming in to the right quantities so therefore to shore that problem the rule of law has to be strengthened secure property rights have to be put in place and the level of bureaucratic corruption of officials wanting bribes and so on has to be...
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america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. >>> we now know the names of the two people killed at an oregon mall shooting. investigators are calling heinous. 54-year-old cindy ann yuille is described as everybody's friend who put everybody first. steven matthew forsyth is being remembered as a passionate and zest for life. kristina shevchenko remains hospitalized in serious condition. dan, what do we know about the gunman? >> reporter: wolf, we can tell you that the shooter stole the gun that was used during the attack, according to authorities, stole the gun just the day before it happened. came here to the mall, police side fied the shooter as 22-year-old jacob tyler roberts of portland. >> the weapon recovered is an ar-47 rifle. the gun actually jammed and that likely prevented even more loss of life. at this point, we haven't found anything that would suggest a motive. this is somebody, according to people we've talked to, was very popular in high school. seemed to be well ad
america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. >>> we now know the names of the two people killed at an oregon mall shooting. investigators are calling heinous. 54-year-old cindy ann yuille is described as everybody's friend who put everybody first. steven matthew forsyth is being remembered as a passionate and zest for life. kristina shevchenko remains hospitalized in serious condition. dan, what do we know about the gunman? >> reporter: wolf, we can...
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guns in america, should anything be done or are you comfortable with where things are? >> actually, i'm comfortable. i think that, for example, the killing that has aroused mr. costas' anger was an act of hatred and brutality, and that person wanted to kill somebody, they didn't need a gun to do it. so look, i just believe that it's one of our rights and -- joe? >> i start with the belief that the second amendment actually does protect the right of individual americans to own guns, but in my opinion, it's no more unlimited than the right of free speech which has limits. so i've supported, for instance, bans on the automatic weapons and for a while we've been trying to close what's called the gun show loophole. if you go in a store, it's pretty regulated now, to buy a gun at a regular gun shop there's a check done on you and national computer file of criminal records or if you can mental health records or indications of violence. if you go to a gun show, you don't have to do that. that's a problem. it's even a problem related to homeland security because some terrorists
guns in america, should anything be done or are you comfortable with where things are? >> actually, i'm comfortable. i think that, for example, the killing that has aroused mr. costas' anger was an act of hatred and brutality, and that person wanted to kill somebody, they didn't need a gun to do it. so look, i just believe that it's one of our rights and -- joe? >> i start with the belief that the second amendment actually does protect the right of individual americans to own guns,...
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apply online or at a bank of america near you. but when i was in an accident... the bankamericard cash rewards card. i was worried the health care system spoke a language all its own with unitedhealthcare, i got help that fit my life. so i never missed a beat. that's health in numbers. unitedhealthcare. and his new boss told him two things -- cook what you love, and save your money. joe doesn't know it yet, but he'll work his way up from busser to waiter to chef before opening a restaurant specializing in fish and game from the great northwest. he'll start investing early, he'll find some good people to help guide him, and he'll set money aside from his first day of work to his last, which isn't rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade.
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i think america needs to address this entitlement issue. for my son i would be willing to postpone when i receive my entitlements. >> your sacrifice would be you would work longer to make sure that the children being born today are going to be able to have some sort of insurance and security? >> exactly, yes. >> you know, it's interesting. the voice at the table when we talk about all these things now is not the 5-month-old who will have no voice when you talk about $16 trillion in debt. jeff, so what does it take to get someone like alicia hired? >> i think that the economic underpinnings underpinnings require some security and some long-term stability. it is not enough for congress to come along and say, okay, we have decided on this deal for 2013. i think the political class is loving this attention. we're all sitting here on pins and needles and bated breath waiting for they on high to decide our futures. it would be really nice if we could get back to the point where we say here is the rates, here is the appreciation, here is the withh
i think america needs to address this entitlement issue. for my son i would be willing to postpone when i receive my entitlements. >> your sacrifice would be you would work longer to make sure that the children being born today are going to be able to have some sort of insurance and security? >> exactly, yes. >> you know, it's interesting. the voice at the table when we talk about all these things now is not the 5-month-old who will have no voice when you talk about $16...
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because this is america. and we don't just make things you want,
because this is america. and we don't just make things you want,
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america, he said, dictated to other nations. no, mr. president, america has freed other nations from dictators. >> you like if way he gets a little lack ri moes? he gets teary-eyed. >> no apology. no tour. the only thing that the democrats were saying when they came in, what obama was saying, look, george bush alienated a lot of our friends and enemies. we've got to get back only a path where the united states is in a better place, vis-a-vis the rest of the world. nothing like an apology tour. and, by the way, president obama did, in fact, take out some dictators himself. >> that's the one that strikes me, michael. i think he was setting that up as a predicate. he was going to be one of these american exceptionalists that went around saying we're always right, you're always wrong. get out of the way. i thought it was war talk. >> yeah, romney's foreign policy message never made a lot of sense. his message essentially seem today be i'm going to talk tougher. i'm somehow going to twist putin's arm a little bit harder. it was very tonal. t
america, he said, dictated to other nations. no, mr. president, america has freed other nations from dictators. >> you like if way he gets a little lack ri moes? he gets teary-eyed. >> no apology. no tour. the only thing that the democrats were saying when they came in, what obama was saying, look, george bush alienated a lot of our friends and enemies. we've got to get back only a path where the united states is in a better place, vis-a-vis the rest of the world. nothing like an...
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america's energy boom and prices at the pump. and the fastest internet speed out there, all that coming up. but first, your money is getting cheaper every day. here's why. the federal reserve is like a car with no steering wheel, has a gas pedal and brakes. to apply the gas to the economy, the fed lowers interest rates making it cheaper for companies and individuals to borrow money that they can then spend or invest, hopefully in ways that stimulate the economy. four years ago the fed lowered its rates to near zero, that puts the prime rate which is always 3 percentage points higher at about 3%. still, the economy didn't move at a good enough clip, so the fed turned to other options. the latest was what was come to known as qe-3 or the third installment of quantitative easing. that's just a fancy way of saying they're printing more money to get into the system, a lot more money, rather than just swapping existing money for bonds with major banks. today, the fed says it will pump even more money into the economy in 2013. >> the co
america's energy boom and prices at the pump. and the fastest internet speed out there, all that coming up. but first, your money is getting cheaper every day. here's why. the federal reserve is like a car with no steering wheel, has a gas pedal and brakes. to apply the gas to the economy, the fed lowers interest rates making it cheaper for companies and individuals to borrow money that they can then spend or invest, hopefully in ways that stimulate the economy. four years ago the fed lowered...
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turkish journalism has reported that the new america foundation. two men have returned from the country into the to the west can do more to help the syrian people. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome, everyone. welcome to c-span on the audience. i am very excited about today's events. we have two people with us that have recently come from syria that are able to give us an insight on the perspective of something that is hard to come by. in the context of the syria. to my far right is mohammed ghanem, he has a bachelor's degree in english literature, as well as graduate degree in translation from damascus university. he went on to earn a degree in conflict transformation from the center of justice and peace at the eastern mennonite university in harrisburg, virginia, and he has fought as assistant professor at princeton university. he is a long-term activists. he was active in the early days as a strategist for nonviolence. he is currently taking on the role of administrator consoles which we intend to focus on today. to my immediate right is ihan
turkish journalism has reported that the new america foundation. two men have returned from the country into the to the west can do more to help the syrian people. [inaudible conversations] >> welcome, everyone. welcome to c-span on the audience. i am very excited about today's events. we have two people with us that have recently come from syria that are able to give us an insight on the perspective of something that is hard to come by. in the context of the syria. to my far right is...
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it doesn't to come back to america. there is no law which says if you make money overseas it must come back here. megyn: now they are getting upset overseas. the french tax authority removed computer files in italy. the tax police searched the come numbers milan offices. they say they don't believe they are paying their fair share of tax. that may or may not be true. but if it's legal how much can they do? >> reporter: it's perfectly legal. they investigated various companies and put pressure object them from a public relations standpoint. starbucks, for example, they weren't forced to hand over money but they were pressured into making a special payment of $10 million pounds, $16 million to the british chancellor of the exchequer. they did it for good p.r. maybe something similar will happen with google. they don't have to pay. they have done perfectly legal stuff. megyn: he reportedly turned down being treasury secretary, or the new secretary of business. he says it's called capitalism. we are proud to be capitalistic
it doesn't to come back to america. there is no law which says if you make money overseas it must come back here. megyn: now they are getting upset overseas. the french tax authority removed computer files in italy. the tax police searched the come numbers milan offices. they say they don't believe they are paying their fair share of tax. that may or may not be true. but if it's legal how much can they do? >> reporter: it's perfectly legal. they investigated various companies and put...
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>> and now, bbc world news. >> this is bbc world news america are reporting from washington. syrian rebels have taken over the city of aleppo. there is freedom and of little else. we have a special report. >> this revolution was supposedly
>> and now, bbc world news. >> this is bbc world news america are reporting from washington. syrian rebels have taken over the city of aleppo. there is freedom and of little else. we have a special report. >> this revolution was supposedly
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others remember when union supporter martin luther king, seen here, marched with one of america's most accomplished labor leaders, walter ruther, seen here with his hand on king's arm. >> you're young, aren't you? ruther. >> today's protests are reminiscent of an eight decade old fight. in the coming months, that fight could turn into a citizens initiative, repeal, lawsuits or even a recall of elected officials. michigan's law goes into effect in a little over three months. >> do we have any indication because obviously this is a movement, which states might be next? >> take a look at michigan, seen as the center of the labor movement. even the top four union members states could be at risk. at the top you have new york with one in four workers a union member, followed by alaska, hawaii and washington. the number you see on the screen right here, which is the advocacy money, that could be what's changing these traditional union states. according to the nation, we look at those numbers from 2008 to 2011, right to work money was $18 million. pro-union, just $2 million. >> thanks so much.
others remember when union supporter martin luther king, seen here, marched with one of america's most accomplished labor leaders, walter ruther, seen here with his hand on king's arm. >> you're young, aren't you? ruther. >> today's protests are reminiscent of an eight decade old fight. in the coming months, that fight could turn into a citizens initiative, repeal, lawsuits or even a recall of elected officials. michigan's law goes into effect in a little over three months. >>...
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america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. >>> we'll hear from an eyewitness close enough to the gunman to admit "i am the shooter." >>> a provocative act, north korea launches a rocket overnight. is this a coverup for a ballistic missile program? >>> house republicans give president owe pa ma a counter offer on a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff. will it be a compromise the president can agree with? >>> an asteroid buzzes right between the earth and the moon. the question is, how did it get past astronomers? >> it's wednesday, december 12th and "starting point" begins right now. good morning, welcome, everybody. our team, deepak chopra, the author of "super brain, unleashing the superpower of your mind." i'd like to maximize my health, happiness and spiritual well-bei well-bei well-being. this is my christmas present to myself. margaret hoover cnn contributor and former white house appointee to the bush administration, ryan is a washington corresponder for "the new yorker" and cn
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she's working for bank of america. he's working for another banking outfit. >> brian: why are you blocking for jane? why can't jane answer? >> because she's our guest. >> brian: unbelievable! he doesn't block for kissinger. he blocks for jane. >> gretchen: he'll be a diplomat after "30 rock." great to see you. >> steve: merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> gretchen: next, why are these fema trailers sitting empty while thousands of super storm sandy victims remain homeless? >> steve: then the war in afghanistan far from over. there are 68,000 men and women still there and there is something simple that you can do to make sure that they are not forgotten. we'll show you next. ♪ [ man ] ring ring... progresso this reduced sodium soup says it mahelp lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just he to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. y
she's working for bank of america. he's working for another banking outfit. >> brian: why are you blocking for jane? why can't jane answer? >> because she's our guest. >> brian: unbelievable! he doesn't block for kissinger. he blocks for jane. >> gretchen: he'll be a diplomat after "30 rock." great to see you. >> steve: merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> gretchen: next, why are these fema trailers sitting empty while thousands of super...
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because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. "this is george. he is a good little monkey and always very curious. one day george got an important letter. he's built a rocket ship to travel into...
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god bless america and god bless jerome milton. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. mcnerney, for five minutes. mr. north carolina americany: -- mr. mcnerney: this morning i rise about two things i care passionately about. wind energy and veterans. i spent more than 20 years in the wind industry as a technology development engineer. in those days we saw some spectacular failures and dramatic failures, but every year we put more into the technology development. little bit this year in the aerodynamics, gear box, foundation, every year a little incremental improvement in the control systems, field testing so we understood what was going on and the power electronics, and today we have an industry that is a spectacular industry. . the touchins produce power for five cents per kilowatt. it's been a successful business. the united states dominated that business because of consistent policies, consistent tax policies. we could rely on the policies being there year after year. investors came in,
god bless america and god bless jerome milton. thank you. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from california, mr. mcnerney, for five minutes. mr. north carolina americany: -- mr. mcnerney: this morning i rise about two things i care passionately about. wind energy and veterans. i spent more than 20 years in the wind industry as a technology development engineer. in those days we saw some spectacular failures and dramatic failures, but every year we put more into the...
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we need to have rational policy and do what's right for america. it can be done cleanly. >> would you prefer a carbon tax? >> i would be for eventually over time have a rational increase in something like a carbon tax, yes. >> what would that look like? >> by the way, we may not need it anymore. i don't want to get into policy like that. it's far more complicated than saying how you should do it. the real issue, i haven't looked at it for a long time, is regional. it costs a lot more to heat your home in michigan than it does in north dakota, because there's more coal in north dakota. hydroelectric is cheaper in maine. how do you do it that's fair to americans. you pay so much for energy and they pay a lot less elsewhere. how do you do it so it's fair. it's complex, but i think it can be done. >> housing policy. this is a piece of potentially a grand bargain. if we reduce the mortgage deduction, what happens? >> well, you say reduce it. first of all, i think it's already limited to $1 million, there's a cap on what you can deduct. it depends on how
we need to have rational policy and do what's right for america. it can be done cleanly. >> would you prefer a carbon tax? >> i would be for eventually over time have a rational increase in something like a carbon tax, yes. >> what would that look like? >> by the way, we may not need it anymore. i don't want to get into policy like that. it's far more complicated than saying how you should do it. the real issue, i haven't looked at it for a long time, is regional. it...
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as i said, unions built the middle class of america. and if i had to choose between a ceo making lots of money and the money getting spread around in a free market system, i'll take the one getting spread around. anti-union, is somebody anti-union for saying harold ford, i'll ask you, i should be able to work where i want to work and pay union dues if i want to pay union dues. is that a demonstrably anti-union position or supporting freedom? >> i think it's supporting freedom. here's another side. unions have played a big role of people having their rights protected, as you well know, to ensure that safety standards are -- >> okay, but that's not answering my question, harold. >> union dues are used for that purpose also. >> but you can't take that money from me if i don't want to give it to you. >> this is all about -- but this is about political purposes. political purposes. so there's a broad set of reasons that these dollars are used for. >> you're still taking it from my pocket and i don't want to give it. >> we're making your work
as i said, unions built the middle class of america. and if i had to choose between a ceo making lots of money and the money getting spread around in a free market system, i'll take the one getting spread around. anti-union, is somebody anti-union for saying harold ford, i'll ask you, i should be able to work where i want to work and pay union dues if i want to pay union dues. is that a demonstrably anti-union position or supporting freedom? >> i think it's supporting freedom. here's...
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more places in america to buy guns than to get gas, groceries or a big mac at mcdonald's. on top of that, almost 48,000 people in america were murdered with guns between 2006 and 2010. that's a lot of numbers. listen to this one. according to the atf, in 2010, there were 5.4 million new firearms manufactured in the u.s. nearly all for the u.s. market and this year 3.2 million were imported to the u.s., nearly 8.5 million new firearms on the streets of america in one year. think about that. >> and if you think about how many people were denied, 16.4 million background checks you mentioned last year, and just 0.48% denied. so it's just a matter of whether or not what side of the aisle you stand on in terms of gown control. just keeping it out of the wrong hands. there's a lot of people that are responsible gun owners. >> the other side is the gun lobby in this country is very powerful. and neither side has the political will to tackle an issue despite all these massacres. we see the news. we get outraged for a day and it goes back to normal until the next time. that's -- thi
more places in america to buy guns than to get gas, groceries or a big mac at mcdonald's. on top of that, almost 48,000 people in america were murdered with guns between 2006 and 2010. that's a lot of numbers. listen to this one. according to the atf, in 2010, there were 5.4 million new firearms manufactured in the u.s. nearly all for the u.s. market and this year 3.2 million were imported to the u.s., nearly 8.5 million new firearms on the streets of america in one year. think about that....